Etihopia announced! Kenenisa Bekele are in the 10k & marathon provisional list for rio

Ethio wrote:

10k

Kenenisa & Tariku Bekele

Muktar Idris

Ibrahim jeilan and 4 more other athletes

5k

hagos

dejene

yomif and 4 more others, muktar idris not included

Marathon

5 athletes including kenenisa. Boston marathon winner lelisa desisa not included

Link/source?

It is in Amharic, you can find it at Ethiopianreporter.com in their sport section

ፌዴሬሽኑ ብሔራዊ አትሌቶችን ይፋ አደረገ

14 May, 2016 By ደረጀ ጠገናው 0 Comments

በመጪው ነሐሴ ክረምት የሚካሄደው 31ኛ ኦሊምፒያድ ሊጀመር 82 ቀን ብቻ ቀርቶታል፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ አትሌቲክስ ፌዴሬሽን በጊዜያዊነት የመረጣቸውን ብሔራዊ አትሌቶች ዝርዝር ይፋ አድርጓል፡፡ ከአጭር ርቀት ጀምሮ እስከ ማራቶን 66 አትሌቶችን በሆቴል አሰባስቦ በሥልጠና ላይ እንደሚገኝም ገልጿል፡፡

እንደ ፌዴሬሽኑ መግለጫ ከሆነ፣ በአሁኑ በምርጫው ተካተው ብሔራዊ ዝግጅት በማድረግ ላይ ከሚገኙ አትሌቶች መካከል ወቅታዊ አቋማቸው እየታየ በሒደት የሚቀነሱ ወይም የሚጨመሩ ሊኖሩ የሚችልበት ሁኔታ እንደሚኖርም አስታውቋል፡፡

በዚሁ መሠረት በወንዶች 10,000 ሜትር ሙክታር እንድሪስ፣ ኢማና መርጊያ፣ ሞሰነት ገረመው፣ አዱኛ ታከለ፣ ፀበሉ ዘውዴ፣ ታምራት ቶላ፣ ሙሴ ዋሲሁን፣ ይገረም ደመላሽ፣ ኢብራሒም ጀይላ፣ ቀነኒሳ በቀለ፣ ታሪኩ በቀለና ብርሃኑ ለገሰ ሲሆኑ፣ በሴቶች ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ፣ ገለቴ ቡርቃ፣ በላይነሽ ኦልጅራ፣ ዓለሚቱ ሀሮዬ፣ ነፃነት ጉደታና ጎይቶቶም ገብረ ሥላሴ ሆነዋል፡፡

በ5,000 ሜትር ወንዶች፣ ዮሚፍ ቀልጀልቻ፣ ሐጎስ ገብረሕይወት፣ ደጀን ገብረመስቀል፣ የኔው አላምረው፣ ያሲን ሃጂ፣ ልዑል ገብረ ሥላሴና ጌታነህ ሞላ ሲሆኑ፣ በሴቶች አልማዝ አያና፣ ሰንበሬ ተፈሪ፣ ገንዘቤ ዲባባ፣ መሠረት ደፋር፣ ዓለሚቱ ሐዊና ሐብታምነሽ ተስፋዬ ናቸው፡፡

1,500 ሜትር ወንዶች አማን ወጤ፣ ዳዊት ወልዴ፣ አማን ቃዲ፣ በቀለ ጉተማና መኮንን ገብረመድህን ሲሆኑ፣ በሴቶች ደግሞ ዳዊት ሥዩም፣ ጉደፋይ ፀጋዬ፣ ባሶ ጎዶና አክሱማዊት አምባዬ ናቸው፡፡

800 ሜትር ወንዶች መሐመድ አማን፣ ጃና ኡመር፣ ማሙሻ ሌንጮና ዮብሷን ግርማ ሲሆኑ፤ በሴቶች ትዕግሥት አሰፋ፣ ሀብታም ዓለም፣ ጫልቱ ሹሜና ሊዲያ መለስ መሆናቸው ታውቋል፡፡

This is good news.

Excellent if true. Bekele vs Mo Farah in the 10K would be dynamite

With Bekele's superb performance at the London marathon, I'd put my money on him.

Can someone explain to me why Kajelcha {spelling?} is not on the list for the 5k?

He is. yomif kajelcha

Is Bekele on the startlists of any upcoming Diamond League 10K?

Ethiopia will select the 10K by time as there is no trials.

It is unusual to me. They have selected 10 athlete for the 10k and 7 for 5k and they are already in training under the national athletics federation and eventually will select 3 best athlete for each.

On the other news Alleafrica athletics.com reported the following-

"lemi Birhanu, Feyisa Lelisa and Tesfaye Abera are the Ethiopian trio so far seen as the best marathon runners in Rio. Kenenisa is the fourth while Yemane Tsgaye is registered as the fifth.

Some sources say that there will be a competition among the five marathoners to identify the best three. Kenenisa has the chance to jump the hurdle if that competition is organized. He is the captain of the national athletics squad"

To me if this is true Kenenisa will be in Rio at the marathon

Ethio wrote:

It is unusual to me. They have selected 10 athlete for the 10k and 7 for 5k and they are already in training under the national athletics federation and eventually will select 3 best athlete for each.

On the other news Alleafrica athletics.com reported the following-

"lemi Birhanu, Feyisa Lelisa and Tesfaye Abera are the Ethiopian trio so far seen as the best marathon runners in Rio. Kenenisa is the fourth while Yemane Tsgaye is registered as the fifth.

Some sources say that there will be a competition among the five marathoners to identify the best three. Kenenisa has the chance to jump the hurdle if that competition is organized. He is the captain of the national athletics squad"

To me if this is true Kenenisa will be in Rio at the marathon

Interesting. Thank you for that information.

It looks like the marathon team selections they released earlier is not really the final one. The Amharic article here says that the marathon teams will be announced after May 29th. http://ethiopianreporter.com/content/%E1%8D%8C%E1%8B%B4%E1%88%AC%E1%88%BD%E1%8A%91-%E1%89%A5%E1%88%94%E1%88%AB%E1%8B%8A-%E1%8A%A0%E1%89%B5%E1%88%8C%E1%89%B6%E1%89%BD%E1%8A%95-%E1%8B%AD%E1%8D%8B-%E1%8A%A0%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%A8%E1%8C%88

doot doot wrote:

This is good news.

How about the possibility of double gold in the 10k and the marathon for Kenenisa Bekele?

Perhaps we can still…expect great things.

rjm33 wrote:

doot doot wrote:

This is good news.

How about the possibility of double gold in the 10k and the marathon for Kenenisa Bekele?

Perhaps we can still…expect great things.

The marathon is after the 10k, correct?

Not implausible.

The pace will finally be fast in the 10k in Rio.

Komworor, Tanui, Karoki showed not afraid to push pace against Farah in Beijing '15.

Joined by Trio of Ethiopians that is 6 men working for fast pace.

13:15 + 13:10 = 26:25 is not outside range of possibility.

and whatever it says.

Great news. I would love to see Kenenisa Bekele on the starting line in Rio.

Rupp's best chances for a medal are definitely in the marathon now. I am eager to see Farah truly tested against a hard pace

goats and cattle wrote:

Rupp's best chances for a medal are definitely in the marathon now. I am eager to see Farah truly tested against a hard pace

A fast pace with a small breakaway containing several serious contenders (Kamworor, Karoki, Bekele to name a few) and surging hard every few laps could gap Farah before the final kick.

with testing in place, this kind of times are excluded. It will exciting though!!

He was very close to being broken at Pre last year. Six eager men pushing hard would be very, very interesting. Think those boys will stand for mo going to the front and slowing it down with 1k to go? Fat chance!